Begins on mountain Jamantau slopes - the highest mountain of Southern Ural Mountains (1638). Extent of the river within the Chelyabinsk area of 150 km (the general - 404 km). The river Jurjuzan has the biggest difference of heights (850) and a great speed in headwaters. From Ust-Katav and to village Velikie Luki the river has the most picturesque appearance. This site of the river also is declared by a nature sanctuary. The mean annual expense of the river makes 18 cubic m / second During a high water and high waters it can increase in 10 times and makes 180 - 200 cubic km/s. The greatest interest from coastal rocks and rocks cause: Powder mountain, Gerasimov, Limonovsky and Zherebchikov crests.